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Bug#626217: Default /etc/kernel-img.conf should have do_symlinks=no; nothing needs those links now



On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 16:18 +0300, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (2011-05-16):
> > On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 17:17 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > Package: base-installer
> > > Severity: normal
> > > 
> > > Now that the various bootloaders have hooks to handle kernel
> > > installation, or otherwise automatically handle all kernels via their
> > > actual paths, do_symlinks doesn't seem necessary anymore.  Please
> > > consider defaulting it to "no".
> > 
> > Josh, this is simply not true.  Only grub and syslinux create menus of
> > all installed kernels.  I hope to get this changed for wheezy, but can't
> > promise it.
> 
> can you please send us an update to see how we stand WRT this bug report?

I haven't done anything about this and don't expect to do so any time
soon.

I think the GRUB maintainers are hoping to be able to support ~all our
Linux architectures, so we may at some point be able to stop supporting
direct loading of the kernel by the stupider boot-loaders.  We're not
there yet, though.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
                                                           - Albert Einstein

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